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The content of the articles listed below are my own opinion and products of brain surges prompted by certain intense personal experiences. I would like to make it clear that the articles do not represent my employer’s view and some of my old articles don’t necessarily represent my present thought process / opinions.
This Blog links you to my online publications...
The content of the articles listed below are my own opinion and products of brain surges prompted by certain intense personal experiences. I would like to make it clear that the articles do not represent my employer’s view and some of my old articles don’t necessarily represent my present thought process / opinions.
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article views crossed 30,000 in October 2011
The articles are classified as shown below
A.On English Language Teaching (ELT)
B.On Education
C.Miscellaneous
The most recent publications are
shown in red
A.On English Language
Teaching (ELT)Curricular Reforms/ Innovations
•Regressive ELT...In God's Own Country?
http://www.articlesbase.com/languages-articles/regressive-elt-in-gods-own-country-226119.html
or
http://www.mykidssmarterthanyours.com/regressive-elt%E2%80%A6-in-god%E2%80%99s-own-country/
or
http://www.shiokazecon.com/anime-in-english-dubbed/
or
http://www.alphabhs.org/article/regressive-elt%E2%80%A6-in-god%E2%80%99s-own-country/
•Nurturing Inane Linguistic Usage?
http://www.articlesbase.com/languages-articles/nurturing-inane-linguistic-usage-985321.html
or
http://www.articlesfriend.com/education_languages_nurturing-inane-linguistic-usage_115998.html
•Liberalization in ELT
http://www.articlesbase.com/languages-articles/liberalization-in-elt-2247644.html
or
•A Baseline Study of English in Kerala
http://www.eslforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5034
•The Beyond the Syllabus Programme
http://www.articlesbase.com/tutoring-articles/the-beyond-the-syllabus-programme-2920335.html
ELT Course Book
•Trainee Comments on Teaching the New Standard IX English Course Book
http://www.articlesbase.com/languages-articles/trainee-comments-on-teaching-the-new-standard-ix-english-course-book-2860461.html
•Kerala’s Newly Introduced CB for English-A Critique
http://www.eslforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4932
Teaching of English
•20 Minutes Productive Skill Tasks That Fetch Results
•Guiding ESL Learners to Appreciate Poetry
http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Praveen-Poetry.html
•Certain Deficiencies Among ESL Learners in Kerala
http://www.eslforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=3052&highlight=#3052
•Carpenter equals Teacher?
http://www.articlesbase.com/career-management-articles/carpenter-equals-teacher-2247339.html
•Strategies for Language Teaching
http://www.articlesbase.com/languages-articles/strategies-for-language-teaching-2247398.html
•How Can I Improve My English Pronunciation?
http://www.articlesbase.com/languages-articles/how-can-i-improve-my-english-pronunciation-2276556.html
or
http://www.getmyarticles.com/articles/EBooks/How_Can_I_Improve_My_English_Pronunciation__479622.html
or
http://education.ezineseeker.com/how-can-i-improve-my-english-pronunciation-158dc4493e.html
•Language–based Tasks following Constructivist
Paradigm
http://www.eslforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5589
http://www.eslforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5589
•ELT Notes
A 1. Task-based Language Teaching
A 2. Tasks using Film
A 3. Tasks for a New Curriculum
A 4. Checking Comprehension: Novels
A 5. ICT for ELT
A 6. Models of Teaching (Part I)
A 7. Models of Teaching (Part II)
A 8. Synectic Model for Teaching English
A 9. In The Smithy of Learning
A 10.They Can’t … They Shan’t (poem)
A 11.Error Engagement
A 12.Use of Comics and Music in ELT
A 13.Use of Rhymes for Ecological Awareness
A 14.An Appraisal of Methods and Approaches Used for Teaching English in Kerala
A 15.Texting and Fossilization
A.16.Critical and Creative Thinking
A.17.Some Howlers in English
A.18. Learner Training
A.19. Some ELT Tasks
A.20. Notes from ELT Conference on Teacher Development
For A 1 to A 20 Please view
http://eltnotes.wordpress.com/author/cpraveenpublications/
•ELT Chat
1. When Communicative English was made compulsory
2. Oh! To Learn Words Words Words
3. ELT Issues worth pondering on
4. Realistic Imitation: A Mental Process With A Difference
5. An Oppressed Pedagogy
6. Cultural Snobbery or Cultural Shock?
7. Are we capable of thinking critically?
8. Didn’t we leap before looking?
For 1 to 8 Please view
http://eltchat.wordpress.com/2010/05/14/cp/
Report of Seminars/Conferences
• Report of the VI International & 42nd Annual ELT@I Conference on Teacher Development VIT University, Vellore, 16-18 June 2011
http://www.articlesbase.com/languages-articles/report-of-the-vi-international-42nd-annual-elti-conference-on-teacher-development-4925547.html
•A Brief Report of the 5th International & 41st Annual ELT@I Conference
http://www.articlesbase.com/college-and-university-articles/a-brief-report-of-the-5th-international-41st-annual-elti-conference-2997118.html
or
http://internationalsms.tk/509288-A-Brief-Report-of-the-5th-International-amp-41st-Annual-ELT-I-Conference.html
•Report of the International Seminar on Innovative English Language Teaching
http://www.articlesbase.com/languages-articles/report-of-the-international-seminar-on-innovative-english-language-teaching-2920397.html
or
http://www.linkroll.com/Language-Arts-and-Entertainment--439421-Report-of-the-International-Seminar-on-Innovative-English-Language-Teaching.html
or
http://www.onlinelearningnest.com/english-online-learning/report-of-the-international-seminar-on-innovative-english-language.html
or
http://www.experiencefestival.com/wp/article/report-of-the-international-seminar-on-innovative-english-language-teaching
vhttp://www.midnightpassradio.com/english-language-teaching-methods/
or
http://teachingpositions.cn/882802-Report-of-the-International-Seminar-on-Innovative-English-Language-Teaching.html
or
http://www.josephtchristopher.com/english-language/
or
http://theschooltool.com/511675-Report-of-the-International-Seminar-on-Innovative-English-Language-Teaching.html
or
http://www.childrensstorytellers.info/english-language-2/
or
http://www.stresslessenglish.com/tag/teaching/
Articles on Teachers and teaching
•Messages for Teachers from Men of Peace
http://www.articlesbase.com/college-and-university-articles/messages-for-teachers-from-men-of-peace-3131779.html
•Some thoughts for Teachers in India
http://www.articlesbase.com/college-and-university-articles/some-thoughts-for-teachers-in-india-2860423.html
•The Indian Education Effect: Diffident Strides in Mellowing Years
http://www.articlesbase.com/education-articles/the-indian-education-effect-diffident-strides-in-mellowing-years-1678280.html
•Where Angels Fear To Tread...
http://www.articlesbase.com/college-and-university-articles/where-angels-fear-to-tread-360723.html
or
http://www.mynewsdigest.com/Education//College-and-University/College-and-University-1.htm
•Attention Teachers !!! : 101 Qualities Worth Acquiring!!!
http://www.articleset.com/Education_articles_en_Attention-Teachers-101Qualities-Worth-Acquiring.htm
•Teaching & Art
http://www.amazines.com/article_detail.cfm?articleid=313055
•The Educational Implications of Theories of Punishment
http://ezinearticles.com/?id=1148166
•From Mentoring to Disciplining
http://www.articlesbase.com/education-articles/from-mentoring-to-disciplining-956994.html
or
http://www.totalesl.com/e_articles_detail.php?id=533&pos=1
or
http://eslarticle.com/pub/articles/classroom-management/from-mentoring-to-disciplining-1653.htm
•Practice Preaching during Practice Teaching
http://www.articlesbase.com/tutoring-articles/practice-preaching-during-practice-teaching-957044.html
Articles on Education
•Some Thoughts on Peace Education
http://www.articlesbase.com/college-and-university-articles/some-thoughts-on-peace-education-3131808.html
•Reflections: Tales Trainees Tell
http://www.articlesbase.com/college-and-university-articles/reflection-tales-trainees-tell-2951044.html
or
http://education.ezineseeker.com/reflection-tales-trainees-tell-16326fc3f6.html
•Resilient Adult Learners and the Sham of Academic Writing
http://www.articlesbase.com/college-and-university-articles/resilient-adult-learners-and-the-sham-of-academic-writing-2920318.html
•Government College of Teacher Education Kozhikode: Community Living
Camp,2005-06
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED497712
•Notes on the Role of Research Universities in Developing Countries
http://www.articlesbase.com/college-and-university-articles/notes-on-the-role-of-research-universities-in-developing-countries-2860392.html
•Audience response to the setting up of Research Universities in India
http://www.articlesbase.com/college-and-university-articles/audience-response-to-the-setting-up-of-research-universities-in-india-2860404.html
•The Global Academic Revolution: Implications For India- Lecture Excerpts
http://www.articlesbase.com/college-and-university-articles/the-global-academic-revolution-implications-for-india-lecture-excerpts-2829726.html
•Dying in Glory: The Government College of Teacher Education, Calicut, South India
http://www.articlesbase.com/college-and-university-articles/dying-in-glory-the-government-college-of-teacher-education-calicut-south-india-198819.html
or
http://www.university-blog.com/?tag=government
or
http://www.youreducationdirect.com/teacher-education/
or
http://bsebpatna.com/archives/tag/india
or
http://www.talkingbooknow.info/paths-glory/
or
http://www.hopeforeachday.com/hope-college-admissions-staff/
or
http://www.rarefossils.info/archaeology-colleges/
•Queries to Ponder on Teacher’s Day
http://www.articlesbase.com/tutoring-articles/queries-to-ponder-on-teachers-day-208556.html
or
http://paganbookworm.org/?p=129
or
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/33228015/
or
http://www.independentmindedteacher.org/index.php?s=Queries+to+ponder+on+Teacher%27s+Day
•Is there a School Teacher Mentality?
http://www.articleset.com/Education_articles_en_Is-There-a-School-Teacher-Mentality.htm
•Brains Not Brawns…Valid Still?
http://www.articleset.com/Education_articles_en_Brains-Not-Brawns-Valid-Still.htm
•Can Pedagogic Analysis Be Anathema?
http://www.amazines.com/article_detail.cfm/918275?articleid=918275
•A Few 'Graceful' Thoughts For Teachers
http://www.articlesbase.com/education-articles/a-few-graceful-thoughts-for-teachers-1043730.html
•‘Pedagogic Tremor' in the Offing in Hindustan
http://www.amazines.com/article_detail.cfm/1464767?articleid=1464767
•Govt.CTE,Trivandrum - Annual Report 2008-09
http://www.articlesbase.com/college-and-university-articles/govt-cte-trivandrum-annual-report-200809-2133593.html
or
http://hamiltonmassagetherapists.com/blog/?p=131
or
http://www.literacynews.com/2010/10/govt-cte-trivandrum-annual-report-2008-09/
•On intuitive knowledge
http://www.articlesbase.com/college-and-university-articles/on-intuitive-knowledge-2276568.html
•The Semiotics of Twigs and Leaves
http://www.articlesbase.com/college-and-university-articles/the-semiotics-of-twigs-and-leaves-2276576.html
or
http://www.getmyarticles.com/articles/EBooks/The_Semiotics_of_Twigs_and_Leaves_479612.html
or
http://gonecollege.com/The-Semiotics-of-Twigs-and-Leaves/
•When a Falling Leaf Communicates
http://www.articlesbase.com/history-articles/when-a-falling-leaf-communicates-2276582.html
or
http://getmyarticles.com/articles/Communication/When_a_Falling_Leaf_Communicates_479609.html
•On Mimicking Teachers
http://www.articlesbase.com/college-and-university-articles/on-mimicking-teachers-2341761.html
or
http://www.linkroll.com/College-University-Reference-and-Education--385873-On-Mimicking-Teachers.html
or
http://gonecollege.com/On-Mimicking-Teachers/
•A Review of Extra-syllabus Programmes of Government College of Teacher Education, Trivandrum On The Eve of Its Centenary
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno= ED509193
• Video for improving teaching skills
http://www.articlesbase.com/college-and-university-articles/video-for-improving-teaching-skills-2725009.html
or
http://teachingarticles.net/blog/2011/02/
On the use of technology in Education
•Honing Human Rights in the L2 Classroom: Pedagogical Possibilities Using Films
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED497711
•CCC for AAA: Tapping Creativity, Collaboration & Cooperation for Quality in Teacher Education
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED497696
Reports of Seminars/ Conferences/ Workshops
•Report of the Two-Day National Seminar on New Directions in Higher Education, organized by the Kerala State Higher Education Council on 12th and 13th July 2010
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno= ED512092
•Report of Workshop on Reconceptualization of Pre-service Teacher Education in the University of Kerala
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno= ED507707
•ELT/Education abstracts
http://elteducationabstracts.blogspot.com/
educhat (micro articles on Education)
1. The Seven Planes of Knowledge
2. Is There A School Teacher Mentality?
3. What Next in India?
4. Three Favourite Quotes on Teaching
5. On Punishments
6. Learning Cradle
7. Teaching Visual Learners : A Few Facts
8. Freedom for Children!
9. Views on Teacher Training
I0. The Spirit of life Skills
11. Life and Learning
12. And now...SQ
13. Improving reading habits of school children
14. Thus we ’nurture’ them!
15. One Step Forward…Three Steps Backwards
16. Whither simple etiquette?
17. Teaching jobs sans creativity…sans donation?
18. Does the Internet Kill Reading?
19. Are Senses the only Gateways of Knowledge?
20. More Power cuts and Power Hikes Please
21. Teacher Moderation in the time of competition?
22. Can learners learn on their own?
23. When learner becomes consumer
24. First rates treat third rates
25. Are our priorities right?
26. Issues to Ponder on After Trainee Reflection
27. Christmas Messages for Curriculum Committee Members
28. To Compete or Cooperate: Whose Competition Is It Anyway
29. Does environment affect a child’s temperament?
30. Whither Gardens
31. What course of action
will you take?
32. What is life without research?
33.
Save our UG stream
34. Quality Concerns in Education
35.
Impressions on Quality
36. Does verse allure the
mischievous?
37. Who is likely to be the
best?38. Another X'mas, another message
For 1 to 38 please view http://cpraveeneduchat.blogspot.com/
B 1. Is the Teacher an Artist or a Scientist?
B 2. Trend Setting English Club Activities
B 3. The Old Sculptor (poem)
B 4. Community Living Camp Report 2005-06
For B 1 to B 4 please view http://www.collegemagazine.blogspot.com
•eduthink
1.About Eduthink
2.Techno Thoughts For Teachers
3.Notes From a Workshop on Best Practices In Higher Education
4.Best Practices in Higher Education
5.Trainees’ Reflection After Practice Teaching
6.Teacher Educators’ Observation on Trainee Performance
7.Accreditation to ‘Discreditation’ : Campus Musings
8.Frustrating Questions
9.Brief Report of the Foundation Day Lecture
10.Reflections on Practice Teaching 2009-10
11. An assignment, An e-mail & A reply
12. A Misperception of Sex and Love
13. Tips on Family-centred approach
in teaching
14. Notes from a seminar on Gender
Quest
15. Teaching without experiencing?
For 1 to 15 Please view15. Teaching without experiencing?
http://cpteach.edublogs.org/
C.P.Student Blog
C1. Superstitions of Kerala
C2. Chalussery Community-based Field-study Reports
C3. Qualities to be nurtured in school children
C4. English Translation of Malayalam Film Lyrics
C5. English Translation of Kumaran Asan's verses
C6. English Translation of Malayalam Film Songs
To view C1 to C6 go to http://cpstudent.blogspot.com/
PHOENIX: Blog of the Dept. of English,Govt.CTE,Trivandrum
1. Academic Plan BEd 2009-10
2. Paper V Principles of Pedagogical Analysis
3. Paper IV Theoretical Base of Teaching English
4. Question Paper : Model Examination Paper V
5. Question Paper : Model Examination Paper IV
6. Second Spell of Practice Teaching : July 2010
7. Paper IX Modern Instructional Strategies : English
8. Paper X Pedagogical Analysis of Syllabus in English
9. Question Paper : Model Examination Paper IX
10.Question Paper : Model Examination Paper X
11. Academic Plan 2010-2011
12. Photo Album 2009-10
13. Christmas Celebration Following
Election
14. Cartoon and European Art exhibition
15. Question Paper: Model Examination Paper IV
16. Question Paper: Model Examination Paper V
17. Film Club 2010-11
14. Cartoon and European Art exhibition
15. Question Paper: Model Examination Paper IV
16. Question Paper: Model Examination Paper V
17. Film Club 2010-11
18. Question Paper
Model Examination October 2011 Paper IX
19. Question Paper Model
Examination October 2011 Paper X
20. Bidding Adieu:
2010-11 Batch
21. Down memory
lane…2008-09 Batch
22. Down memory
lane…2009-10 Batch
23. Down memory
lane…2010-11 Batch
24. Eduthoughts – 1
25. Eduthoughts – 2
26. New Batch…New Year
27. International Meet 04
Feb 2012
28. Report : International
Meet
29. Trainees’ comment on
International Meet
30. Trainee Teaching
Notes: International Meet
31. Eduthoughts - 3
To view 1 to 31 Please go to
http://cpteach2009.edublogs.org/
•Kerala : Women's Magazines
http://www.articlesbase.com/self-publishing-articles/kerala-womens-magazines-338226.html
•As A Malayalee Why I Don’t Hate The British
http://www.amazines.com/Art_and_Culture/article_detail.cfm/445052?articleid=445052
•Lingering Thoughts About A Photograph
http://www.articlesbase.com/movies-articles/lingering-thoughts-about-a-photograph-2340378.html
•If Not Love...What?
http://www.articlesbase.com/relationships-articles/if-not-love-what-1093945.html
•Padmanabha Swamy Temple Musings
or